This week, GPP authors Tom Kraeutler and Leslie Segrete unveiled the new online game that accompanies their book, My Home, My Money Pit.  Designed as a diagram of a house, the game involves clicking on rooms and answering true-or-false questions. I just played it and discovered, much to my surprise, that I may not be as clueless when it comes to home improvement as I feared.

For example, I know how to unclog a sink and hang a heavy painting (nail it to a stud). I know which way a ceiling fan spins. And not only do I know what the word “wainscoting” means, I know how to look up its proper spelling at an online dictionary. How long, then, before I’m out building a marble gazebo in my backyard, or helping my neighbor, Paul, install plumbing in his outhouse? Lisa LaPorta, move over!

Despite my newly discovered DIY I.Q., however, it appears that because I work at Globe Pequot, I’m not eligible to win any of the Money Pit game’s fine prizes, which include a $5,000 check towards your next home project, a utility trailer, five water softener systems, a tool shed, and all sorts of T-shirts and tote bags, as well as some 100 Gorilla Grade Monkey Hooks.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t win. The game is as easy as “Masonry fireplaces are among the most inefficient ways to heat your home. True or False?” 

Your "Money Pit Home Adventure" begins here.